Electronic design automation apparatus and method utilizing a physical information database
US5487018A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 13, 1993 |
| Grant date | Jan 23, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 13, 2013 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F30/30
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A physical information database is utilized as an interface between a datapath cell library and a number of electronic design automation tools, such as a datapath synthesis tool, a chip estimator, an HDL generation tool, and a datapath compilation tool. The physical information database includes global parameters applicable to every cell in the datapath cell library and local parameters defining attributes that are associated with individual cells in the datapath cell library. The physical information database includes a standard format allowing uniform access by the electronic design automation tools.
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